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By Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
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Prom night becomes a nightmare; teen drinking, violence.
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What's the Story?
In ABDUCTED ON PROM NIGHT, high school senior Kimber (Zoe Belkin) has been struggling since her parents Shawna (Karen Cliché) and Paul (Scott Gibson) split. Her schoolwork is suffering and she's disregarding curfews. She goes to a party for college students and stays too late, making her mom mad, and a ride-share driver tries to kidnap her. Kimber manages to fling herself out of the moving car and breaks her hand. Since then, she's been on lockdown. But sweet new boyfriend Austin (Micah Sanders-Silva) persuades her mom that he will make sure Kimber behaves if she can go with him to prom. The limo he's arranged picks them up along with best friend Joan (Berkeley Silverman), Everleigh (Melissa Bray), and her date Luke (Jamies Champagne). It soon becomes clear they've been abducted with the goal of stealing Kimber's dad's crypto fortune.
Is It Any Good?
Abducted on Prom Night is pretty terrible. No humans would speak the way these characters speak or act the way they act. Why would anyone give up their phones just because a limo driver asks?
To nudge the running time into Lifetime TV acceptable length, there is certainly lots of unnecessary filler—aerial shots and cityscapes that add nothing to the story. Things don't make sense. No sane people would wait as long as these characters do to call the police. The kids have access to a phone but don't call for help. And when it's all over, the mom, who you'd think would be just barely holding it together only moments after frantically trying to save her daughter, is all smiles, making a joke about a crushed phone that still works. Kimber, after all she's been through, actually laughs. Everyone's in a great mood! Mom says let's go home and they turn to leave, without so much as a "Have a good night" to Kimber's two best friends who just experienced the terrifying nightmare with her.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the plot. Does it make sense? Were you able to suspend disbelief and just go with it?
What other prom movies have you seen? Why are there so many movies about this rite of passage?
What do you think of the ending? Do you think real people act the way people do in this movie?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : May 6, 2023
- Cast : Zoe Belkin , Melissa Bray , Brett Geddes
- Director : Max McGuire
- Inclusion Information : Female Movie Actor(s) , Asian Movie Actor(s) , Chinese Movie Actor(s)
- Studio : Lifetime
- Genre : Drama
- Run time : 87 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : September 2, 2025
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